It was one thing for Erlu to boss around the migrant workers, but he was so arrogant that he even pointed fingers at the abbot.
"Third brother, go and maintain order, don't let these carriages crowd in front of the gate."
The abbot had long been dissatisfied with Erlu's behavior, and this time he finally exploded.
The abbot kicked over Erlu's desk and roared, "Erlu, don't try to put on airs in front of me. Let me tell you, I'm not buying it."
Erlu was startled. He was a little intimidated in front of the abbot because the abbot had a fiery temper and was skilled in martial arts.
However, Erlu felt that he was at least a stationmaster and had an advantage over the abbot, so he put his hands on his hips and scolded, "Abbot, open your eyes and see who I am?"
"You're just a good-for-nothing!"
"Abbot, I'm not holding this against you for the sake of our brotherhood. But if anyone else had kicked over my desk, I would have fired them immediately and kicked them out!"
"Erlu, don't forget, I have two hands. I can earn a living anywhere. If this place doesn't want me, there are plenty of other places that will. I'm not going to stay here anymore."
After the abbot finished speaking, he picked up his clothes, turned around, and left.
Erlu had a lot of complaints about the abbot and wished he would get out of there.
"Go away, the earth will keep turning without you."
Ma Yunfei said unhappily, "Erlu, the abbot is someone I invited. If you let him go, I can't continue working here."
Ma Yunfei turned to Chen Yuyan and said, "Wife, let's go home and cultivate those eight acres of land. We'll still have food to eat."
Chen Yuyan pointed to the ledger and said to Erlv, "The accounts for the yam purchases these past two days are all here. Take a look. If there are no problems, I'll be leaving. From now on, I will not be responsible for any issues with the accounts."
Erlv had never managed the accounts, nor did he know how the yam sales station operated. If Ma Yunfei and Chen Yuyan left, he would be completely lost.
Erlu quickly grabbed Ma Yunfei and pleaded, "Brother, sister-in-law, you two can't leave! If you leave, this yam sales station will collapse."
"Erlv, we're leaving. You can hire a few more people; there will be some willing to do it."
Erlv thought to himself: If Ma Yunfei and his wife leave, he won't be able to manage this yam sales station.
"Boss, how can you bear to abandon me? If my brother and sister-in-law leave, then I'll leave too. Let this sales station go bankrupt."
Ma Yunfei said angrily, "If it collapses, it collapses. It has nothing to do with me. You are the station chief, so the responsibility is yours. Even if it collapses, you still have to clean up this mess. Otherwise, the yam growers will come after you."
We harvested another 30,000 jin of yams in the last two days.
If Ma Yunfei leaves, then Erlv will have to take these 30,000 jin of yams to the city to sell in order to settle accounts with the yam growers.
Erlu doesn't have the ability to deliver the yams into the city all by himself.
"Boss, don't go, I beg you, I'll kneel down for you."
Erlu really knelt down and clung tightly to Ma Yunfei's legs.
Seeing this, Chen Yuyan quickly smoothed things over: "Husband, since Erlu begs us to stay, let's stay. But Erlu, you have to invite the abbot back. This yam sales station can't do without the abbot. He has some martial arts skills, and if we encounter any troublemakers, we'll need him to keep things in check."
Erlu quickly said, "Okay, I'll go and bring the abbot back."
He got up from the ground and hurriedly ran outside.
The abbot hadn't gone far; he sat by the roadside, took out a cigarette, and smoked it silently.
To be honest, the abbot didn't want to leave the yam sales station either.
He earned 30,000 yuan in just two months. If he went back home to farm, he would lose his source of income.
Erlu came running over, forcing a smile, and said, "Third brother, I apologize for my bad attitude earlier, please don't hold it against me."
The abbot said with a stern face, "I am no longer a member of the sales station. You, the station manager, can do whatever you want, but you can't do anything to me."
"Third brother, we're brothers, what station chief stuff. I... I had a sip of alcohol this morning, and my head was spinning. I mistook you for a migrant worker. I'm sorry."
"You're the station manager, what could you possibly have done wrong?"
“Third brother, think back: ten years ago, the three of us swore brotherhood in the watermelon field. We kowtowed three times to the watermelons and swore that we could not be born on the same day, month, and year, but we wished to die on the same day, month, and year. The scene of the three of us making that oath is still vivid in my mind.”
Erlv wanted to use the story of their sworn brotherhood from ten years ago to persuade the abbot to return to the sales station.
The abbot took a deep drag on his cigarette and said, "There's no turning back now that I've left the sales station, and I won't be going back."
Erlu said in a humble voice, "Third brother, how about this, I'll carry you back, consider it as me forcing you to go back, is that alright?"
The abbot glanced at Erlu and asked, "Can you carry me?"
"Third brother, it's not far, only a hundred meters or so. I'll grit my teeth and carry you back. Consider this my way of apologizing."
The abbot was only angry for a moment, and he regretted it as soon as he left the sales station.
Now that Erlv is humbly begging him to go back, it's a good opportunity for him to back down gracefully.
"Second brother, for the sake of our brotherhood, I'll forgive you this once, just this once, and never again."
Erlu said excitedly, "Third brother, stand up quickly, I'll carry you back."
Panting heavily, Erlu carried the abbot back to the sales station.
Chen Yuyan covered her mouth and laughed non-stop, saying to Ma Yunfei, "Honey, don't be fooled by the abbot's quiet and silly demeanor, he's really something. I thought he had run home like a whirlwind, but it turns out he hasn't gone far."
“Wife, I knew it all along: Abbot Fang was reluctant to leave the sales station. Think about it, he earned 30,000 yuan in just two months working for me. With such a lucrative job, who would be willing to give it up?”
Chen Yuyan whispered, "Honey, I checked the savings book yesterday, and there's already 980,000 yuan. Once we sell this batch of goods, it will exceed one million."
"Haha... My goal isn't one million, or ten million, or even one hundred million. I want to be the world's richest person. A couple of days ago, I checked some data, and this year's world's richest person has assets of three hundred billion US dollars."
Ma Yunfei calculated that, based on the exchange rate at the time, the US dollar was worth 4.7 yuan, which means that the world's richest man today has 150 billion yuan.
Chen Yuyan pouted and teased, "Honey, stop daydreaming. I think earning a million would be more than enough."
"Haha... Wife, your appetite is too small. Selling yams is just the first step in a long journey. I have grand plans for the future."
Erlu carried the abbot back to the sales station.
The abbot kicked the overturned desk and said, "Second brother, this desk and armchair are not suitable for the storeroom. Move them away immediately."
Erlv quickly called two laborers to move the tables and chairs back to the No. 1 Shop Under Heaven.
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